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Russell, Joseph (fl. 1789) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04286 Author/Creator: Russell, Joseph (fl. 1789) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 January 1789 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 22.1 x 18.2 cm. Order a Copy

Asks Knox to help him settle a problem with Mr. Livingston [his first name is not provided], apparently a legal or financial settlement. Describes recent correspondence with Livingston. Writes, "If I should fall through Livingston's cruelty, I hope the curses of Heaven will follow him through life, as being one of the most ungrateful of men, for no other man would have run the risk which I did for him in the hour of his distress." See GLC02437.04253 for a related document.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Russell, Joseph, fl. 1789

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